according to a report by Danah M. Boyd of the university of California-Berkeley and Nicole B. Ellison Of Michigan State University,the first true social networking site,sixdegrees.com,was launched in 1997.The site was the first to combine elements such as creating profiles,listing friends and searching networks for friends and acquaintances.The concept has taken many forms and incarnations since that time,but the underlying success rests,with the ability of social sites to facilitate reaching out to a wide audience with the touch of a few buttons